Midas Oracle .ORG » Steve Levitt http://www.midasoracle.org Prediction Markets, etc. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:24:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The World Of SuperFreakonomics http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/19/the-world-of-superfreakonomics/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/19/the-world-of-superfreakonomics/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:51:44 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=19370 Steve Levitt on Super Freakonomics:

Super Freakonomics: Steve Levitt and Steve Dubner on Charlie Rose

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]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/19/the-world-of-superfreakonomics/feed/ 0 John Stossel defends the Super Freakonomics authors, who are attacked by the Global Warming Church. http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/14/john-stossel-super-freakonomics-steve-levitt-steve-dubner-global-warming-climate-change/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/14/john-stossel-super-freakonomics-steve-levitt-steve-dubner-global-warming-climate-change/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:37:09 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=19149 John Stossel on global warming as a scare tactic:

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/14/john-stossel-super-freakonomics-steve-levitt-steve-dubner-global-warming-climate-change/feed/ 0 SuperFreakonomics: Steve Levitt and Steve Dubner on Charlie Rose http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/13/superfreakonomics-steve-levitt-and-steve-dubner-on-charlie-rose/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/13/superfreakonomics-steve-levitt-and-steve-dubner-on-charlie-rose/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:53:55 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=19101 Super Freakonomics: Steve Levitt and Steve Dubner on Charlie Rose

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UPDATE: Steve Dubner on geo-engineering.

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/13/superfreakonomics-steve-levitt-and-steve-dubner-on-charlie-rose/feed/ 0 Economist Brad DeLong has received a DMCA takedown notice from HarperCollins, publisher of Steve Levitt and Steve Dubner’s SuperFreakonomics. http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/10/brad-delong-dmca-takedown-notice-super-freakonomics/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/10/brad-delong-dmca-takedown-notice-super-freakonomics/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:39:40 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=19019 Continue reading →]]> - Brad DeLong has received a DMCA takedown notice from HarperCollins.

- http://delong.typepad.com/files/superfreakonomics-chapter-5.pdf

- Is SuperFreakonomics author Levitt again denying the ‘unequivocal’ scientific evidence for global warming? New Yorker’s Kolbert calls book a form of “horseshit.”

- One error retracted, 99 to go. Superfreaknomics authors will, in future editions, correct their claim that Caldeira believes “carbon dioxide is not the right villain”.

- Ken Caldeira’s Carbon Solution

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/10/brad-delong-dmca-takedown-notice-super-freakonomics/feed/ 0 Although flawed, in SuperFreakonomics, Levitt and Dubner have done citizens and policymakers a real service by breaking the taboo on discussing the feasibility and risks of climate engineering in public. http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/04/super-freakonomics-reason-magazine/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/04/super-freakonomics-reason-magazine/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:02:06 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=18934 Ron Bailey on SuperFreakonomics.

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/04/super-freakonomics-reason-magazine/feed/ 0 Intellectual Ventures wanna solve global warming via “stratoshield”. http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/03/intellectual-ventures-super-freakonomics-stratoshield/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/03/intellectual-ventures-super-freakonomics-stratoshield/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:59:20 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=18924 Continue reading →]]>

“Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) assailed the authors of SuperFreakonomics for participating in the effort to deceive the American public on the science of global warming, in particular for their “absolute deception” in their portrayal of the views of climate scientist Ken Caldeira. He criticized the book during a hearing of the House Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming investigating forged letters sent on behalf of the coal industry opposing climate legislation.”

Ocean acidification:

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/11/03/intellectual-ventures-super-freakonomics-stratoshield/feed/ 0 Super Freakonomics: Steve Levitt on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/10/29/super-freakonomics-steve-levitt-on-jon-stewart-the-daily-show/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/10/29/super-freakonomics-steve-levitt-on-jon-stewart-the-daily-show/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:56:54 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=18657 Continue reading →]]> Super Freakonomics: Steve Levitt on Jon Stewart’s show (The Daily Show)

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]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/10/29/super-freakonomics-steve-levitt-on-jon-stewart-the-daily-show/feed/ 0 The horse that Steve Levitt predicted would finish last… actually *won* the Kentucky Derby. http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/05/04/kentucky-derby-horse-steve-levitt/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/05/04/kentucky-derby-horse-steve-levitt/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 17:53:42 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=13738 Thankfully, no one pays attention. :-D

I would like to read what Nate Silver thinks of horse racing forecasting.

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/05/04/kentucky-derby-horse-steve-levitt/feed/ 0 A documentary film is going to be made about the book “Freakonomics”. The problem is that the film won’t be made by one able and focused director —but rather by a bunch of folks, whose implication in the whole project will be ultra minimal. The expected result of that idiocy is that their documentary will be an uninteresting mosaic of short and superficial takes, and will surely tank at the box office, like all the Paris Hilton movies did. The Hollywood Stock Exchange traders are no idiots: they are sensing that that Freakonomics project is a stinking lemon, and they are selling the event derivative like it is bubonic plague. http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/22/freakonomics-documentary-hsx/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/22/freakonomics-documentary-hsx/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:09:44 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=7708 Continue reading →]]>

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The “esteemed” economists are lining up, trying to second-guess the HSX traders, jotting down their favorite hypothesis about the possible reason for the upcoming disaster —but all smart that they are, they can’t see the obvious:

  • THE FREAKONOMICS DOCUMENTARY PROJECT IS A STINKING LEMON BECAUSE NO ONE OF VALUE IS IN CHARGE OF IT —FROM A TO Z.

Show me a collective documentary that was a hit, in the past.

If you want a project to succeed, then staff it with a visionary and a charismatic leader —not by a bunch of loose associates.

Our “esteemed” economists need to study “Management Science 101″.

Another reason to be wary of economists: they talk well, but they can’t build anything with their 2 hands.

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]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/22/freakonomics-documentary-hsx/feed/ 0 Steve Levitt and Koleman Strumpf in the news http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/21/steve-levitt-and-koleman-strumpf-in-the-news/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/21/steve-levitt-and-koleman-strumpf-in-the-news/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:33 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=7687 Via our good friend Caveat Bettor.

It’s a complicated affair. I can’t sum it up for you. Go scanning it, if you’re curious.

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Best wishes to Steve Levitt and Koleman Strumpf.

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